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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  this 
  year 
  I 
  heard 
  one 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  April 
  17th, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  month 
  ; 
  while 
  on 
  May 
  28th 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  with 
  eggs 
  on 
  the 
  

   point 
  of 
  hatching. 
  — 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Bentham 
  (Redhill, 
  Surrey). 
  

  

  Eared 
  Grebe 
  near 
  Lancaster. 
  — 
  On 
  July 
  28th 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eared 
  Grebe 
  (Podicipes 
  nigricollis) 
  was 
  captured 
  alive 
  on 
  a 
  pond 
  at 
  

   Middleton, 
  near 
  Lancaster, 
  it 
  being 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  in 
  full 
  summer 
  

   plumage. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  identified 
  from 
  the 
  commoner 
  species 
  — 
  the 
  

   Slavonian 
  Grebe 
  (P. 
  auritus) 
  — 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  mandible 
  

   coming 
  up 
  straight 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  curved, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Slavonian 
  

   species. 
  — 
  H. 
  W. 
  Robinson 
  (Lansdowne 
  House, 
  Lancaster). 
  

  

  Bird 
  Slaughter 
  for 
  Feminine 
  Fashion. 
  — 
  I 
  thoroughly 
  agree 
  with 
  

   every 
  word 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Warren 
  says 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  bird 
  slaughter 
  

   for 
  feminine 
  fashion 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  315). 
  Nothing 
  can 
  be 
  more 
  detest- 
  

   able 
  than 
  the 
  wholesale 
  butchery 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  beautiful 
  sea-birds, 
  

   just 
  at 
  a 
  season 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  performing 
  their 
  most 
  important 
  

   duties 
  of 
  nature. 
  But 
  I 
  feel 
  only 
  too 
  certain 
  that 
  milliners 
  and 
  

   persons 
  who 
  supply 
  them 
  with 
  material 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  trade 
  in 
  

   "plumes" 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  available 
  market. 
  Indeed, 
  unless 
  

   strong 
  measures 
  are 
  adopted 
  and 
  enforced 
  by 
  Government 
  for 
  the 
  

   prevention 
  of 
  killing 
  birds 
  and 
  exposing 
  their 
  skins 
  and 
  plumes 
  for 
  

   sale, 
  I 
  very 
  seriously 
  doubt 
  whether 
  any 
  remarks, 
  be 
  they 
  ever 
  so 
  

   strongly 
  expressed, 
  which 
  may 
  appear 
  in 
  our 
  journals 
  and 
  text-books, 
  

   will 
  do 
  much 
  good. 
  We 
  must 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  buyers 
  and 
  wearers 
  of 
  

   bird-plumes 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  sellers. 
  We 
  must 
  endeavour 
  to 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   to 
  impress 
  our 
  lady 
  friends 
  with 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  "plumes" 
  which 
  

   they 
  wear 
  in 
  their 
  hats 
  are 
  not 
  ornamental 
  decorations 
  as 
  fashion 
  

   fancies 
  have 
  taught 
  them 
  to 
  believe 
  ; 
  in 
  reality 
  they 
  are 
  hideous 
  contorted 
  

   effigies 
  of 
  what 
  were 
  once 
  lovely 
  birds. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  

   it 
  a 
  practice 
  to 
  acquaint 
  women, 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  with 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  I 
  

   strongly 
  object 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  birds 
  stuck 
  in 
  their 
  hats. 
  I 
  have 
  

   objected 
  on 
  inartistic 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  sentimental 
  grounds, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  

   say 
  that 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  I 
  have, 
  after 
  a 
  full 
  discussion 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  

   influenced 
  my 
  hearers 
  to 
  accede 
  to 
  my 
  views. 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  

   women, 
  as 
  a 
  race, 
  do 
  not 
  care 
  to 
  wear 
  ornamentation 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  "pretty 
  and 
  becoming"? 
  Supposing, 
  then, 
  that 
  we 
  bird- 
  

   lovers, 
  whose 
  criticisms 
  of 
  fashion 
  on 
  this 
  particular 
  point 
  should 
  carry 
  

   considerable 
  weight 
  — 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  most 
  intimately 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  

   beautiful 
  form 
  and 
  expression 
  of 
  the 
  living 
  bird, 
  and 
  unanimous 
  in 
  

   our 
  opinion 
  that 
  in 
  hats 
  they 
  look 
  absolutely 
  abominable 
  — 
  would 
  only 
  

   fully 
  express 
  on 
  every 
  available 
  occasion 
  to 
  our 
  lady 
  friends 
  our 
  views 
  

   on 
  the 
  subject, 
  perhaps 
  we 
  might 
  get 
  them 
  to 
  substitute 
  some 
  other 
  

  

  